Sixth person dies from vaping-related illness in US

A sixth person has died from a serious respiratory illness linked to vaping in the US, health officials have confirmed.

The 50-year-old woman from Kansas had a history of health problems, according the NBC News.

But doctors said it was clear that vaping was the cause of her rapid deterioration in health.

Dr Lee Norman, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, said: “She had some underlying medical illnesses, but nothing that would have foretold the fact that within a week after starting using e-cigarettes for the first time, she developed a full-blown acute respiratory distress syndrome and died.”